The debate around the Arctic is becoming hotter than ever as US President Donald Trump continues to insist on Greenland becoming part of the United States. But while Trump’s demands that the US take over a territory belonging to one of its closest and most reliable allies have puzzled the world, the race for the Arctic has been on for decades.
And for a long time, Russia has been winning it.
There’s no question that Moscow has had a dominating presence in the Arctic region.
It controls roughly half of the land and half of the maritime exclusive economic zone north of the Arctic Circle. Two thirds of the Arctic region’s residents live in Russia.
And while…